Whilst the majority of parents are busy getting the children ready for school, I thought I’d share what our house looked like at 8.15 this morning. What were you doing at 8.15 this morning? Don’t forget that you can catch up with our family again tonight… Read More
This time last week I was nervously anticipating the airing of our first episode of 16 Kids and Counting. I had prepared myself to defend our decisions – our decision to have a large family, our decision to work for ourselves, our decision to become as self-sufficient as possible and our decision… Read More
When we knew 16 Kids and Counting wanted to follow the home educating aspect of our life I felt quite apprehensive. Well, I felt apprehensive in general, but felt so with regards to home ed as I wanted to do it the justice it deserved and I didn’t feel ’15 Kids…’ did… Read More
Eight-year-old Eddie is super-creative. I mean he is super-creative. He loves crafting, painting, making, sewing, drawing… he’s just a creator of the nth degree. He loves to read, loves science, loves to find out how things work and why, but his natural leaning is towards anything creative. I swear, there is nothing this… Read More
People sometimes ask whether it is possible to home educate older children when you also have younger children to take care of. Whilst it isn’t necessarily easy some days, it certainly can be done. It isn’t always easy for people who are not familiar with home education to get out of the… Read More
We have been home educating for a number of years now and still the most frequently asked question is: ‘What about socialisation?’. I am sure we aren’t the only home educating family to be asked this. In fact, I am prepared to wager everything I own that it’s the most frequently asked question for… Read More